2020-09-17 12:13:29 +01:00
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# virt-sparsify
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> Make virtual machine drive images thin-provisioned.
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> NOTE: Use only for offline machines to avoid data corruption.
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2022-07-27 12:38:46 +01:00
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> More information: <https://libguestfs.org>.
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2020-09-17 12:13:29 +01:00
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- Create a sparsified compressed image without snapshots from an unsparsified one:
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`virt-sparsify --compress {{path/to/image.qcow2}} {{path/to/image_new.qcow2}}`
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- Sparsify an image in-place:
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`virt-sparsify --in-place {{path/to/image.img}}`
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